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            The eml-attribute module - Attribute level information within
            dataset entities
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<p>
            The eml-attribute module describes all attributes (variables)
            in a data entity: dataTable, spatialRaster, spatialVector,
            storedProcedure, view or otherEntity. The description includes the
            name and definition of each attribute, its domain, definitions of
            coded values, and other pertinent information. Two structures exist
            in this module: 1.  attribute is used to define a single attribute;
            2. attributeList is used to define a list of attributes that go
            together in some logical way.
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<p>
            The eml-attribute module, like other modules, may be
            "referenced" via the &lt;references&gt; tag.  This
            allows an attribute document to be described once, and then
            used as a reference in other locations within the EML document
            via its ID.
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<div class="sectiontitle">Philosophy of Attribute Units</div>
              
<p>The concept of "unit" represents one of the most fundamental
            categories of metadata. The classic example of data entropy is the
            case in which a reported numeric value loses meaning due to lack of
            associated units. Much of Ecology is driven by measurement, and
            most measurements are inherently comparative. Good data description
            requires a representation of the basis for comparison, i.e., the
            unit. In modeling the attribute element, the authors of EML drew
            inspiration from the
            <a href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/introduction.html">
            NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty</a>.
            This document defines a unit as "a particular physical quantity,
            defined and adopted by convention, with which other particular
            quantities of the same kind are compared to express their value."
            The authors of the EML 2.0 specification (hereafter "the authors")
            decided to make the unit element required, wherever
            possible.</p>
              
<p>Units may also be one of the most problematic categories of
            metadata. For instance, there are many candidate attributes that
            clearly have no units, such as named places and letter grades.
            There are other candidate attributes for which units are difficult
            to identify, despite some suspicion that they should exist (e.g.
            pH, dates, times). In still other cases, units may be meaningful,
            but apparently absent due to dimensional analysis (e.g. grams of
            carbon per gram of soil). The relationship between units and
            dimensions likewise is not completely clear.</p>
              
<p>The authors decided to sharpen the model of attribute by
            nesting unit under measurementScale. Measurement Scale is a data
            typology, borrowed from Statistics, that was introduced in the
            1940's. Under the adopted model, attributes are classified as
            nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. Though widely criticized,
            this classification is well-known and provides at least first-order
            utility in EML. For example, nesting unit under measurementScale
            allows EML to prevent its meaningless inclusion for categorical
            data -- an approach judged superior to making unit universally
            required or universally optional.</p>
              
<p>The sharpening of the attribute model allowed the elimination
            of the unit type "undefined" from the standard unit dictionary (see
            eml-unitDictionary.xml). It seemed self-defeating to require the
            unit element exactly where appropriate, yet still allow its content
            to be undefined. An attribute that requires a unit definition is
            malformed until one is provided. The unit type "dimensionless" is
            preserved, however. In EML 2.0, it is synonymous with "unitless"
            and represents the case in which units cannot be associated with an
            attribute for some reason, despite the proper classification of
            that attribute as interval or ratio. Dimensionless may itself be an
            anomaly arising from the limitations of the adopted measurement
            scale typology.</p>
              
<p>Closely related to the concept of unit is the concept of
            attribute domain. The authors decided that a well-formed
            description of an attribute must include some indication of the set
            of possible values for that attribute. The set of possible values
            is useful, perhaps necessary, for interpreting any particular
            observed value. While universally required, attribute domain has
            different forms, depending on the associated measurement
            scale.</p>
              
<p>The element storageType has an obvious relationship to
            domain. It gives some indication of the range of possible values of
            an attribute, and also gives some (potentially critical)
            operability information about the way the attribute is represented
            or construed in the local storage system. The storageType element
            seems to fall in a gray area between the logical and physical
            aspects of stored data. Neither comfortable with eliminating it nor
            with making it required, the authors left it available but optional
            under attribute. In addition, it is repeatable so that different 
            storage types can be provided for various systems (e.g., different
            databases might use different types for columns, even though the
            domain of the attribute is the same regardless of which database
            is used).</p>
              
<p>Attributes representing dates, times, or combinations thereof
            (hereafter "dateTime") were the most difficult to model in EML. Is
            dateTime of type interval or ordinal? Does it have units or not?
            Strong cases can be made on each side of the issue. The confusion
            may reflect the limitations of the measurement scale typology. The
            final resolution of the dateTime model is probably somewhat
            arbitrary. There was clearly a need, however, to allow for the
            interoperability of dateTime formats. EML 2.0 tries to provide an
            unambiguous mechanism for describing the format of dateTime
            values by providing a separate category for date and  time values. This
            "dateTime" measurement scale allows users to explicitly label 
            attributes that contain Gregorian date and time values, and allows
            them to provide the information needed to parse these values into
            their appropriate components (e.g., days, months, years)./</p>
            
          
        
<div class="title">Module details</div>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Recommended Usage: </td><td class="tablepanel">any dataset that uses dataTable, spatialRaster, spatialVector, storedProcedure, view or otherEntity or in a custom module where one wants to document an attribute (variable)</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Stand-alone: </td><td class="tablepanel">yes</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Imports: </td><td class="tablepanel">eml-documentation, eml-methods, eml-coverage, eml-literature, eml-resource, eml-unitTypeDefinitions</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Imported By: </td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> View an image of the schema: </td><td class="tablepanel"><a href="eml-attribute.png" target="offline">eml-attribute image</a></td>
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<h2>Element Definitions:</h2>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attribute">attribute&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#AttributeType">AttributeType</a></td>
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<blockquote>The content model for attribute is a CHOICE between
        "references" and all of the elements that let you describe the
        attribute (e.g., attributeName, attributeDefinition, precision). The
        attribute element allows a user to document the characteristics that
        describe a 'field' or 'variable' in a data entity (e.g. dataTable).
        Complete attribute descriptions are perhaps the most important aspect
        to making data understandable to others. An attribute element describes
        a single attribute or an attribute element can contain a reference
        to an attribute defined elsewhere. Using a reference means that the
        referenced attribute is (semantically) identical, not just in name
        but identical in its complete description. For example, if attribute
        "measurement1" in dataTable "survey1" has a precision of 0.1 and
        you are documenting dataTable survey2 which has an attribute called
        "measurement1" but the survey2's measurement1 has a precision of
        0.001 then these are different attributes and must be described
        separately.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attribute">attribute&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attributeName">attributeName&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<blockquote>Attribute name is official name of the
              attribute.  This is usually a short, sometimes cryptic name
              that is used to refer to the attribute.  Many systems have
              restrictions on the length of attribute names, and on the
              use of special characters like spaces in the name, so the
              attribute name is often not particularly useful for display
              (use attributeLabel for display).  The attributeName is
              usually the name of the variable that is found in the header
              of a data file.
              <br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>spden<br>spatialden<br>site<br>spcode<br>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attributeLabel">attributeLabel&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<blockquote>A descriptive label that can be used to display
              the name of an attribute.  This is often a longer, possibly
              multiple word name for the attribute than the attributeName. It
              is not constrained by system limitations on length or special
              characters.  For example, an attribute with a name of 'spcode'
              might have an attributeLabel of 'Species Code'.
              <br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>Species Density<br>Spatial Density<br>Name of Site<br>Species Code<br>
</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attributeDefinition">attributeDefinition&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<blockquote>This element gives a precise definition of
              attribute in the data entity (dataTable, spatialRaster,
              spatialVector, storedProcedure, view or otherEntity) being
              documented. It explains the contents of the attribute fully so
              that a data user could interpret the attribute accurately.
              Some additional information may also be found in the
              methods element as well.
              <br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>"spden" is the number of individuals of all
              macro invertebrate species found in the plot<br>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="storageType">storageType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#typeSystem">typeSystem</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes</span></td>
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<blockquote>This element describes the storage type,
              for data in a RDBMS (or other data management system) field. 
              As many systems do not
              provide for fine-grained restrictions on types, this type will
              often be a superset of the allowed domain defined in
              attributeDomain. Values for this field are by default drawn from
              the XML Schema Datatypes standard values, such as: integer,
              double, string, etc. If the XML Schema Datatypes are not used,
              the type system from which the values are derived should be
              listed in the 'typeSystem' attribute described below. This field
              represents a 'hint' to processing systems as to how the attribute
              might be represented in a system or language, but is distinct
              from the actual expression of the domain of the attribute. The
              field is repeatable so that the storageType can be indicated for
              multiple type systems (e.g., Oracle data types and Java data
              types).<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>integer<br>int<br>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="measurementScale">measurementScale&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#nominal">nominal</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#ordinal">ordinal</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#interval">interval</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#ratio">ratio</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#dateTime">dateTime</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<blockquote>The measurementScale element indicates the
              type of scale from which values are drawn for the
              attribute. This provides information about the scale in
              which the data was collected.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>Nominal is used when numbers have only been assigned
              to a variable for the purpose of categorizing the
              variable.  An example of a nominal scale is assigning the
              number 1 for male and 2 for female.<br>Ordinal is used when the categories have a logical
              or ordered relationship to each other. These types of scale
              allow one to distinguish the order of values, but not the
              magnitude of the difference between values. An example of an
              ordinal scale is a categorical survey where you rank a variable
              1=good, 2=fair, 3=poor.<br>Interval is used for data which consist of
              equidistant points on a scale. The Celsius scale is an interval
              scale, since each degree is equal but there is no natural
              zero point (so, 20 C is not twice as hot as 10 C).
              <br>Ratio is used for data which consists not only of
              equidistant points but also has a meaningful zero
              point, which allows ratios to have meaning. An example of a
              ratio scale would be the Kelvin temperature scale (200K is
              half as hot as 400K), and length in
              meters (e.g., 10 meters is twice as long as 5 meters).
              <br>
</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="nominal">nominal&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#nonNumericDomain">nonNumericDomain</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<blockquote>This field is used for defining the
                    characteristics of this variable if it is a
                    nominal scale variable, which are variables that are
                    categorical in nature.
                    Nominal is used when numbers have only been
                    assigned to a variable for the purpose of categorizing the
                    variable.  An example of a nominal scale is assigning the
                    number 1 for male and 2 for female.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="nonNumericDomain">nonNumericDomain&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#NonNumericDomainType">NonNumericDomainType</a></td>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="ordinal">ordinal&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#nonNumericDomain">nonNumericDomain</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
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<blockquote>This field is used for defining the
                    characteristics of this variable if it is an
                    ordinal scale variable, which specify ordered values
                    without specifying the magnitude of the difference between
                    values. Ordinal is used when the categories have
                    a logical or ordered relationship to each other. These
                    types of scale allow one to distinguish the order
                    of values, but not the magnitude of the difference
                    between values. An example of an ordinal scale is a
                    categorical survey where you rank a variable 1=good,
                    2=fair, 3=poor.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="nonNumericDomain">nonNumericDomain&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#NonNumericDomainType">NonNumericDomainType</a></td>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="interval">interval&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#unit">unit</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#precision">precision</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#numericDomain">numericDomain</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<blockquote>This field is used for defining the
                    characteristics of this variable if it is an
                    interval scale variable, which specifies both the order
                    and magnitude of values, but has no natural zero point.
                    Interval is used for data which consist of
                    equidistant points on a scale. The Celsius scale is an
                    interval scale, since each degree is equal but there is
                    no natural zero point (so, 20 C is not twice as hot as
                    10 C).  zero point (so, 20 C is not twice as hot as 10
                    C).</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="unit">unit&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#UnitType">UnitType</a></td>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="precision">precision&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#PrecisionType">PrecisionType</a></td>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="numericDomain">numericDomain&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#NumericDomainType">NumericDomainType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="ratio">ratio&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#unit">unit</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#precision">precision</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#numericDomain">numericDomain</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This field is used for defining the
                    characteristics of this variable if it is a
                    ratio scale variable, which specifies the order and
                    magnitude of values and has a natural zero point, allowing
                    for ratio comparisons to be valid.
                    Ratio is used for data which consists not
                    only of equidistant points but also has a meaningful zero
                    point, which allows ratios to have meaning. An example
                    of a ratio scale would be the Kelvin temperature scale
                    (200K is half as hot as 400K), and length in meters (e.g.,
                    10 meters is twice as long as 5 meters).</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="unit">unit&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#UnitType">UnitType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="precision">precision&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#PrecisionType">PrecisionType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="numericDomain">numericDomain&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#NumericDomainType">NumericDomainType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="dateTime">dateTime&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#formatString">formatString</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#dateTimePrecision">dateTimePrecision</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#dateTimeDomain">dateTimeDomain</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>
                      
<p>The dateTime field is used for defining the
                    characteristics of the attribute if it contains
                    date and time values. DateTime is used when the values
                    fall on the Gregorian calendar system.  DateTime values
                    are special because the have properties of interval
                    values (most of the time it is legitimate to treat them
                    as interval values by converting them to a duration from
                    a fixed point) but they sometimes only behave as ordinals
                    (because the calendar is not predetermined, for some
                    dateTime values one can only find out the order of
                    the points and not the magnitude of the duration 
                    between those points).  Thus, the dateTime scale provides
                    the information necessary to properly understand and
                    parse date and time values without improperly 
                    labeling them under one of the more traditional scales.</p>
                      
<p>Date and time values are unlike any other measured values.  
                      Note that the dateTime field would not be used if
              one is recording time durations.  In that case, one should use a
              standard unit such as seconds, nominalMinute or nominalDay, or a
              customUnit that defines the unit in terms of its relationship to
              SI second.</p>
                    
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="formatString">formatString&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>
                            
<p>A format string that describes
                            the format for a dateTime value from the
                            Gregorian calendar.  DateTime values should be
                            expressed in a format that conforms to the ISO
                            8601 standard.  This field allows one to specify
                            the format string that should be used to decode
                            the date or time value.  To describe the format
                            of an attribute containing dateTime values,
                            construct a string representation of the format
                            using the following symbols:
                            </p>
                            
<p>
                              
<pre>
              Y   year
              M   month
              W   month abbreviation (e.g., JAN)
              D   day
              h   hour
              m   minute
              s   second
              T   time designator (demarcates date and time parts of date-time)
              Z   UTC designator, indicating value is in UTC time
              .   indicates a decimal fraction of a unit
              +/- indicates a positive or negative number,
                  or a positive or negative time zone adjustment relative to UTC
              -   indicates a separator between date components
              A/P am or pm designator
              </pre>
                            
</p>
                            
<p>
              Any other character in the format string is interpreted as a
              separator character.  Here are some examples of the format
              strings that can be constructed.
              </p>
                            
<p>
                              
<pre>
                                 Format string          Example value
                                 -------------------    ------------------
                  ISO Date       YYYY-MM-DD             2002-10-14
                  ISO Datetime   YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss    2002-10-14T09:13:45
                  ISO Time       hh:mm:ss               17:13:45
                  ISO Time       hh:mm:ss.sss           09:13:45.432
                  ISO Time       hh:mm.mm               09:13.42
                  Non-standard   DD/MM/YYYY             14/10/2002
                  Non-standard   MM/DD/YYYY             10/14/2002
                  Non-standard   MM/DD/YY               10/14/02
                  Non-standard   YYYY-WWW-DD            2002-OCT-14
                  Non-standard   YYYYWWWDD              2002OCT14
                  Non-standard   YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss    2002-10-14 09:13:45
              </pre>
                            
</p>
                            
<p>
              Some notes about these examples.  First, the ISO 8601 standard is
              strict about the order of date components and the separators that
              are legal.  Best practice is to follow the ISO 8601 format
              precisely.  However, we recognize that existing data contain
              non-standard dates, and existing equipment (e.g., sensors) may
              still be producing non-standard dates.  Consequently, we have
              provided the formatting string with additional characters to
              describe the date formats. In particular note that the use of a
              slash (/) to separate date components, a space to separate date
              and time components, using a twelve-hour time with am/pm
              designator, and placing any of the components out of
              descending order is non-standard according to ISO.  Nevertheless,
              these formats can be described using the format string to
              accommodate existing data.
              </p>
                            
<p>
              Decimal dateTime values can be extended by indicating in
              the format that additional decimals can be used.  Only the final
              unit (e.g., seconds in a time value) can use the extended digits
              according to the ISO 8601 standard.  For example, to show
              indicate that seconds are represented to the nearest 1/1000
              of a second, the format string would be "hh:mm:ss.sss".
              Note that this only indicates the number of decimals used to
              record the value, and not the precision of the measurement
              (see dateTimePrecision for that).
              </p>
                            
<p>
              Date and time values are from an interval scale, but it is extremely
              complex because of the vagaries of the calendar (e.g., leap
              years, and leap seconds).  The duration between date and time values
              in the future is not even deterministic because leap seconds are
              based on current measurements of the earth's orbit. Consequently,
              date and time values are unlike any other measured values.  The format
              string for dateTime values allows one to accurately calculate the
              duration in SI second units between two measured dateTime values,
              assuming that the conversion software has a detailed knowledge of
              the Gregorian calendar. 
              </p>
                          
<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss<br>YYYY-MM-DD<br>YYYY<br>hh:mm:ss<br>hh:mm:ss.sss<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="dateTimePrecision">dateTimePrecision&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>A quantitative indication of
                          the precision of a date or time measurement.
                          The precision should be interpreted in the
                          smallest units represented by the dateTime format.
                          For example, if a dateTime value has a format of
                          "hh:mm:ss.sss", then "seconds" are the smallest unit
                          and the precision should be expressed in seconds.
                          Thus, a precision value of "0.01" would mean that
                          measurements were precise to the nearest hundredth
                          of a second, even though the format string might
                          indicate that values were written down with 3
                          decimal places.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>0.1<br>0.01<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="dateTimeDomain">dateTimeDomain&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#DateTimeDomainType">DateTimeDomainType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>See the description for the type: DateTimeDomainType</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="missingValueCode">missingValueCode&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#code">code</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#codeExplanation">codeExplanation</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This element is to specify missing value in the
              data of the field. It is repeatable to allow for multiple
              different codes to be present in the attribute. Note that missing
              value codes should not be considered when determining if the
              observed values of an attribute all fall within the domain
              of the attribute (i.e., missing value codes should be parsed out
              of the data stream before examining the data for domain
              violations.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="code">code&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The code element is the missing value code
                    itself. Each missing value code should be entered in a
                    separate element instance. The value entered is what is
                    placed into a data grid if the value is missing for some
                    reason.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>-9999<br>-1<br>N/A<br>MISSING<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="codeExplanation">codeExplanation&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The codeExplanation element is an
                    explanation of the meaning of the missing value code that
                    was used, that is, the reason that there is a missing
                    value. For example, an attribute might have a missing
                    value code of '-99' to indicate that the data observation
                    was not actually taken, and a code of '-88' to indicate
                    that the data value was removed because of
                    calibration errors.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>Sensor down time.<br>Technician error.<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="accuracy">accuracy&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#Accuracy">Accuracy</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The accuracy element represents the accuracy of
              the attribute. This information should describe any accuracy
              information that is known about the collection of this data
              attribute. The content model of this metadata is taken directly
              from FGDC FGDC-STD-001-1998 section 2 with the exception of
              processContact, sourceCitation, and timePeriodInformation which
              either user XMLSchema types or use predefined EML types for these
              purposes.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="coverage">coverage&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-coverage.html#Coverage">cov:Coverage</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>An explanation of the coverage of the attribute.
              This specifically indicates the spatial, temporal, and taxonomic
              coverage of the attribute in question when that coverage deviates
              from coverages expressed at a higher level (e.g., entity or
              dataset).  Please see the eml-coverage module for complete
              documentation.
              </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="methods">methods&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-methods.html#MethodsType">md:MethodsType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>An explanation of the methods involved in the
              collection of this attribute. These specifically supplement or
              possibly override methods provided at a higher level such as
              entity or dataset.
              Please see the eml-methods module for complete documentation.
              </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attributeAccuracyReport">attributeAccuracyReport&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The attributeAccuracyReport element is an
            explanation of the accuracy of the observation recorded in this
            attribute. It will often include a description of the tests used to
            determine the accuracy of the observation. These reports are
            generally prepared for remote sensing or other measurement
            devices.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="quantitativeAttributeAccuracyAssessment">quantitativeAttributeAccuracyAssessment&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#attributeAccuracyValue">attributeAccuracyValue</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#attributeAccuracyExplanation">attributeAccuracyExplanation</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The quantitativeAttributeAccuracyAssessment
            element is composed of two parts, a value that represents the
            accuracy of the recorded observation an explanation of the tests
            used to determine the accuracy.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attributeAccuracyValue">attributeAccuracyValue&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The attributeAccuracyValue element is an
                  estimate of the accuracy of the identification of the
                  entities and assignments of attribute values in the data set.
                  </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attributeAccuracyExplanation">attributeAccuracyExplanation&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The attributeAccuracyExplanation element is
                  the identification of the test that yielded the Attribute
                  Accuracy Value.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="attributeList">attributeList&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#AttributeListType">AttributeListType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This is the root element of the eml-attribute module.
        It is mainly used for testing, but can also be used for creating
        stand-alone eml-attribute modules where a list of attributes is
        needed.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="standardUnit">standardUnit&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-unitTypeDefinitions.html#StandardUnitDictionary">unit:StandardUnitDictionary</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>Use the standardUnit element if the unit for this attribute has 
            been defined in the Standard Unit Dictionary.
            The list of "standard" units includes the SI base units and many compound units based
            on SI, plus and some commonly used units which are not SI. The list is by no means
            exhaustive. If the unit you need is not part of this list, then the customUnit field should be used
            instead. Standard units have been described using STMML. See the documentation
            for the Type for more information.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>meter<br>second<br>joule<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="customUnit">customUnit&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The customUnit element is for units that are
             not part of the standard list provided with EML. The customUnit 
             must correspond to an id in the
            document where its definition is provided using the STMML
            syntax. The customUnit definition will most likely be in
            the additionalMetadata section.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>gramsPerOneThirdMeter<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="enumeratedDomain">enumeratedDomain&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#codeDefinition">codeDefinition</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#externalCodeSet">externalCodeSet</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#entityCodeList">entityCodeList</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#enforced">enforced</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">yes</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The enumeratedDomain element describes
              any code that is used as a value of an attribute. These
              codes can be defined here in the metadata as a list with
              definitions (preferred), can be referenced by pointing to
              an external citation or URL where the codes are defined,
              or can be referenced by pointing at an entity that contains
              the code value and code definition as two attributes. For
              example, data might have a variable named 'site' with
              values 'A', 'B', and 'C', and the enumeratedDomain would
              explain how to interpret those codes.
              </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="codeDefinition">codeDefinition&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#code">code</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#definition">definition</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#source">source</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#order">order</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This element gives the value of a
                    particular code and its definition.  It is repeatable
                    to allow for a list of codes to be provided.
                    </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="code">code&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The code element specifies a
                          code value that can be used in the domain
                          <br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>1<br>HIGH<br>BEPA<br>24<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="definition">definition&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The definition describes the
                          code with which it is associated in enough 
                          detail for scientists to interpret the meaning
                          of the coded values.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>high density, above 10 per square 
                          meter<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="source">source&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The source element is the name
                          of the source from which this code and its
                          associated definition are drawn. This is
                          commonly used for identifying standard coding
                          systems, like the FIPS standard for postal
                          abbreviations for states in the US. In other
                          cases, the coding may be the researcher's
                          customized way of recording and classifying
                          their data, and no external "source" would
                          exist.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>ISO country codes<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="externalCodeSet">externalCodeSet&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#codesetName">codesetName</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#citation">citation</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#codesetURL">codesetURL</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The externalCodeSet element is a
                    reference to an externally defined set of codes used
                    in this attribute. This can either be a citation
                    (using the eml-citation module) or a
                    URL. Using an externally defined codeset (rather
                    than a codeDefinition) means that interpretation of the
                    data is dependent upon future users being able to
                    obtain the code definitions, so care should be taken
                    to only use highly standardized external code sets that
                    will be available for many years.  If at all possible,
                    it is preferable to define the codes inline using the
                    codeDefinition element.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="codesetName">codesetName&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The codesetName element is the
                          name of an externally defined code
                          set.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>FIPS State Abbreviation
                          Codes<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="citation">citation&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-literature.html#CitationType">cit:CitationType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The citation element is a
                            citation for the code set
                            reference</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="codesetURL">codesetURL&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="boldtext">xs:anyURI</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The codesetURL element is a
                            URL for the code set
                            reference.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="entityCodeList">entityCodeList&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#entityReference">entityReference</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#valueAttributeReference">valueAttributeReference</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#definitionAttributeReference">definitionAttributeReference</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#orderAttributeReference">orderAttributeReference</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The entityCodeList is a list of
                    codes and their definitions in a data
                    entity that is present in this dataset. The fields
                    specify exactly which entity it is, and which 
                    attributes of that entity contain the codes, their
                    definitions, and the order of the values.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="entityReference">entityReference&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The entityReference element is
                          a reference to the id of the entity in which
                          the code list has been defined. This entity
                          must have been defined elsewhere in the
                          metadata and have an id that matches the value
                          of this element.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="valueAttributeReference">valueAttributeReference&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The valueAttributeReference
                          element is a reference to the id of the
                          attribute that contains the list of codes. This
                          attribute must have been defined elsewhere in
                          the metadata and have an id that matches the
                          value of this element.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="definitionAttributeReference">definitionAttributeReference&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The
                          definitionAttributeReference element is a
                          reference to the id of the attribute that
                          contains the definition of codes. This
                          attribute must have been defined elsewhere in
                          the metadata and have an id that matches the
                          value of this element.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="orderAttributeReference">orderAttributeReference&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The orderAttributeReference element
                          is a reference to the id of the attribute that
                          contains the order of codes. The values in this
                          attribute are integers indicating increasing values
                          of the categories.  This attribute must have been
                          defined elsewhere in the metadata and have an id that
                          matches the value of this element.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="textDomain">textDomain&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#definition">definition</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#pattern">pattern</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#source">source</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The textDomain element describes a free
              text domain for the attribute. By default, if a pattern is
              missing or empty, then any text is allowed. If a pattern is
              present, then it is interpreted as a regular expression
              constraining the allowable character sequences for the
              attribute. This domain type is most useful for describing
              extensive text domains that match a pattern but do not
              have a finite set of values.  Another use is for
              describing the domain of textual fields like comments
              that allow any legal string value.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>Typically, a text domain will have an empty
              pattern or one that constrains allowable values. For
              example, '[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}' allows for only
              numeric digits in the pattern of a US phone
              number.<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="definition">definition&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The element definition provides the
                    text domain definition, that is, what kinds of text
                    expressions are allowed for this attribute. If there
                    is a pattern supplied, the definition element
                    expresses the meaning of the pattern, For example, a
                    particular pattern may be meant to represent phone
                    numbers in the US phone system format. A definition
                    element may also be used to extend an enumerated
                    domain.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>US telephone numbers in the format
                    "(999) 888-7777"<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="pattern">pattern&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The pattern element specifies a
                    regular expression pattern that constrains the set of
                    allowable values for the attribute. This is commonly
                    used to define template patterns for data such as
                    phone numbers where the attribute is text but the
                    values are not drawn from an enumeration. If the
                    pattern field is empty or missing, it defaults to
                    '.*', which matches any string, including the empty
                    string. Repeated pattern elements are combined using
                    logical OR. The regular expression syntax is the same
                    as that used in the XML Schema Datatypes
                    Recommendation from the W3C.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>'[0-9a-zA-Z]' matches simple
                    alphanumeric strings and '(\d\d\d) \d\d\d-\d\d\d\d'
                    represents telephone strings in the US of the form
                    '(704) 876-1734'<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="source">source&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The source element is the name of
                    the source from which this text domain and its
                    associated definition are drawn. This is commonly
                    used for identifying standard coding systems, like
                    the FIPS standard for postal abbreviations for states
                    in the US. In other cases, the coding may be a
                    researcher's custom way of recording and classifying
                    their data, and no external "source" would
                    exist.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>ISO country codes<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="numberType">numberType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#NumberType">NumberType</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="bounds">bounds&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#minimum">minimum</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#maximum">maximum</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The bounds element in the BoundsGroup contains the
        minimum and maximum values of a numeric attribute. These
        are theoretical or permitted values (ie. prescriptive), and
        not necessarily the actual minimum and maximum observed in
        a given data set (descriptive). Either or both a minimum and maximum may 
        be set, and each has an attribute "exclusive" to define how the value should
        be interpreted.
        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="minimum">minimum&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#exclusive">exclusive</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">required</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The minimum element specifies the
                minimum permitted value of a numeric
                attribute.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="maximum">maximum&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#exclusive">exclusive</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">required</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The maximum element specifies the
                maximum permitted value of a numeric
                attribute.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="bounds">bounds&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#minimum">minimum</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#maximum">maximum</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The bounds element in the BoundsDateGroup contains the
        minimum and maximum dates of a dateTime attribute. These
        are theoretical or permitted values (ie. prescriptive), and
        not necessarily the actual minimum and maximum observed in
        a given data set (descriptive). Either or both a minimum and maximum may 
        be set, and each has an attribute "exclusive" to define how the value should
        be interpreted.
        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="minimum">minimum&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#exclusive">exclusive</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">required</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The minimum element specifies the
                minimum permitted value of a date
                attribute.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="maximum">maximum&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#exclusive">exclusive</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">required</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The maximum element specifies the
                maximum permitted value of a date
                attribute.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<h2>Attribute Definitions:</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="id">id</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#IDType">res:IDType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="typeSystem">typeSystem</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:string</span></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Default value: </span><span class="plaintext">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes</span>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The typeSystem attribute is the system
                      used to define the storage types. This should be an
                      identifier of a well known and published typing system.
                      The default and recommended system is the XML Schema data
                      type system. For details go to http://www.w3.org. If
                      another system is used (such as Java or C++ types),
                      typeSystem should be changed to match the
                      system.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>
                      http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes<br>java<br>C<br>Oracle 8i<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="id">id</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#IDType">res:IDType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="system">system</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#SystemType">res:SystemType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="scope">scope</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#ScopeType">res:ScopeType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Default value: </span><span class="plaintext">document</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="order">order</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:long</span></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>Ordinal scale measurements have a discrete list 
			of values with a specific ordering of those values. This attributes 
			specifies that order from low to high. For example, for LOW, 
            MEDIUM, HIGH, the order attribute might be "LOW=1, MEDIUM=2 and 
            HIGH=3".
                  	</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="enforced">enforced</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Default value: </span><span class="plaintext">yes</span>
</p>
</td>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Derived from: </span><span class="boldtext">xs:string</span> (by xs:restriction) </p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Allowed values: </span>
<ul>
<li>yes</li>
<li>no</li>
</ul>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>Indicates whether the enumerated
                  domain values are the only allowable values for
                  the domain.  In some exceedingly rare cases, users may
                  wish to present a list of value codes in
                  enumeratedDomain but not formally restrict the value
                  space for the attribute to those values.  If so, they
                  can indicate this by setting the enforced attribute
                  to the value no.  Acceptable values are yes and no, and
                  the default value is yes.
                  </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="id">id</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#IDType">res:IDType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="id">id</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#IDType">res:IDType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="id">id</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#IDType">res:IDType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="exclusive">exclusive</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:boolean</span></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">required</span>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>If exclusive is set to true, then
                        the value specifies a lower bound not including
                        the value itself.  Setting exclusive to true is
                        the equivalent of using a less-than or greater-than
                        operator, while setting it to false is the same as
                        using a less-than-or-equals or greater-than-or-equals
                        operator. For example, if the minimum is "5" and
                        exclusive is false, then all values must be greater
                        than or equal to 5, but if exclusive is true than
                        all values must be greater than 5 (not including
                        5.0 itself).
                        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="exclusive">exclusive</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:boolean</span></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">required</span>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>If exclusive is set to true, then
                        the value specifies a lower bound not including
                        the value itself.  Setting exclusive to true is
                        the equivalent of using a less-than or greater-than
                        operator, while setting it to false is the same as
                        using a less-than-or-equals or greater-than-or-equals
                        operator. For example, if the minimum is "5" and
                        exclusive is false, then all values must be greater
                        than or equal to 5, but if exclusive is true than
                        all values must be greater than 5 (not including
                        5.0 itself).
                        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="exclusive">exclusive</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:boolean</span></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">required</span>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>If exclusive is set to true, then
                        the value specifies a lower bound not including
                        the value itself.  Setting exclusive to true is
                        the equivalent of using a less-than or greater-than
                        operator, while setting it to false is the same as
                        using a less-than-or-equals or greater-than-or-equals
                        operator. For example, if the minimum is "5" and
                        exclusive is false, then all values must be greater
                        than or equal to 5, but if exclusive is true than
                        all values must be greater than 5 (not including
                        5.0 itself).
                        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="exclusive">exclusive</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:boolean</span></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">required</span>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>If exclusive is set to true, then
                        the value specifies a lower bound not including
                        the value itself.  Setting exclusive to true is
                        the equivalent of using a less-than or greater-than
                        operator, while setting it to false is the same as
                        using a less-than-or-equals or greater-than-or-equals
                        operator. For example, if the minimum is "5" and
                        exclusive is false, then all values must be greater
                        than or equal to 5, but if exclusive is true than
                        all values must be greater than 5 (not including
                        5.0 itself).
                        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<h2>Complex Type Definitions:</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="AttributeListType">AttributeListType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#attribute">attribute</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#ReferencesGroup">res:ReferencesGroup</a></td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#id">id</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This complexType defines the structure of the
        attributeList element. The content model is a choice between one or
        more attribute elements, and references. References links to an
        attribute list defined elsewhere.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="AttributeType">AttributeType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#attributeName">attributeName</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#attributeLabel">attributeLabel</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#attributeDefinition">attributeDefinition</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#storageType">storageType</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#measurementScale">measurementScale</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#missingValueCode">missingValueCode</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#accuracy">accuracy</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#coverage">coverage</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#methods">methods</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#ReferencesGroup">res:ReferencesGroup</a></td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#id">id</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
</tr>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#system">system</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
</tr>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#scope">scope</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">document</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote> Type definition for the content of an
        attribute (variable) that can be part of an entity.
        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="Accuracy">Accuracy&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#attributeAccuracyReport">attributeAccuracyReport</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#quantitativeAttributeAccuracyAssessment">quantitativeAttributeAccuracyAssessment</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="UnitType">UnitType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#standardUnit">standardUnit</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#customUnit">customUnit</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This field identifies the unit of measurement
        for this attribute. It is a choice of either a standard unit,
        or a custom unit. If it is a custom unit,
        the definition of the unit must be provided in the document using
        the STMML syntax, and the name provided in the customUnit element must
        reference the id of its associated STMML definition precisely. For
        further information on STMML (http://www.xml-cml.org/stmml/) or
        see stmml.xsd which is included with the EML 2.0 distribution for
        details.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="PrecisionType">PrecisionType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Derived from: </span><span class="boldtext">xs:float</span> (by xs:extension) </p>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>Precision indicates how close together or how 
        repeatable measurements are.  A precise measuring instrument will give 
        very nearly the same result each time it is used. This means that 
        someone interpreting the data should expect that if a measurement were 
        repeated, most measured values would fall within the interval specified 
        by the precision. The value of precision should be expressed in the
        same unit as the measurement. For example, for an attribute with unit 
        "meter", a precision of "0.1" would be interpreted to mean that most 
        repeat measurements would fall within an interval of 1/10th of a meter.
        <br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>0.1<br>0.5<br>1<br>
</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="NonNumericDomainType">NonNumericDomainType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#enumeratedDomain">enumeratedDomain</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#textDomain">textDomain</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#ReferencesGroup">res:ReferencesGroup</a></td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#id">id</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The non-numeric domain field describes the domain
        of the attribute being documented.  It can describe two
        different types of domains: enumerated and text.  Enumerated
        domains are lists of values that are explicitly provided as
        legitimate values.  Only values from that list should occur
        in the attribute.  They are often used for response codes
        such as "HIGH" and "LOW".  Text domains are used for attributes
        that allow more free-form text fields, but still permit some
        specification of the value-space through pattern matching.  A
        text domain is usually used for comment and notes attributes,
        and other character attributes that don't have a precise set of
        constrained values. This is an important field for post processing
        and error checking of the dataset. It represents a formal 
        specification of the value space for the attribute, and so there 
        should never be a value for the attribute that falls outside of 
        the set of values prescribed by the domain.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="NumericDomainType">NumericDomainType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#numberType">numberType</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#BoundsGroup">BoundsGroup</a></td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#ReferencesGroup">res:ReferencesGroup</a></td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#id">id</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The numericDomain element specifies the
        minimum and maximum values of a numeric attribute. These
        are theoretical or permitted values (ie. prescriptive), and
        not necessarily the actual minimum and maximum observed in
        a given data set (descriptive). The information in
        numericDomain and in precision together constitute
        sufficient information to decide upon an appropriate
        system specific data type for representing a particular
        attribute. For example, an attribute with a numeric domain
        from 0-50,000 and a precision of 1 could be represented in
        the C language using a 'long' value, but if the precision is
        changed to '0.5' then a 'float' type would be needed.
        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="DateTimeDomainType">DateTimeDomainType&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#BoundsDateGroup">BoundsDateGroup</a></td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#ReferencesGroup">res:ReferencesGroup</a></td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td><td class="tablepanel">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#id">id</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The DateTimeDomain specifies the
        minimum and maximum values of a dateTime attribute. These
        are theoretical or permitted values (ie. prescriptive), and
        not necessarily the actual minimum and maximum observed in
        a given data set (descriptive). The domain expressions should
        be in the same dateTime format as is used in the "formatString"
        description for the attribute.  For example, if the format
        string is "YYYY-MM-DD", then a valid minimum in the domain
        would be "2001-05-29".  The "bounds" element is optional, and
        if it is missing then any legitimate value from the Gregorian 
        calendar system is allowed in the attribute as long as its
        representation matches its corresponding formatString.
        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<h2>Simple Type Definitions:</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="2">
<h3>
<a class="sitelink" name="NumberType">NumberType</a>
</h3>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Derived from: </span><span class="boldtext">xs:string</span> (by xs:restriction) </p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Allowed values: </span>
<ul>
<li>natural</li>
<li>whole</li>
<li>integer</li>
<li>real</li>
</ul>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This is the enumeration for the allowed values
        of the element numberType.</blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<h2>Group Definitions:</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="BoundsGroup">BoundsGroup&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#bounds">bounds</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The bounds element contains the
        minimum and maximum values of a numeric attribute. These
        are theoretical or permitted values (ie. prescriptive), and
        not necessarily the actual minimum and maximum observed in
        a given data set (descriptive). 
        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="BoundsDateGroup">BoundsDateGroup&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel">
<table class="tabledefault" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#bounds">bounds</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>The BoundsDateGroup specifies the
        minimum and maximum dates allowed for a dateTime attribute. These
        are theoretical or permitted values (ie. prescriptive), and
        not necessarily the actual minimum and maximum observed in
        a given data set (descriptive). The domain expressions should
        be in the same dateTime format as is used in the attribute's "formatString".
        For example, if the format
        string is "YYYY-MM-DD", then a valid minimum in the domain
        would be "2001-05-29".  The "bounds" element is optional, and
        if it is missing then any legitimate value from the Gregorian 
        calendar system is allowed in the attribute as long as its
        representation matches its corresponding formatString.
        </blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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